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I signed up with the Technology and Entertainment Exchange with the National Academy of Sciences as a consultant for film (video) and media, so--hopefully - - I can stop whining about how films never get the physics right!

I guess even I counted as a lurker, lo these last few months....

High school and college, FWIW. And I also DO value a person's experience with regard to their opinions. I do not believe that "all opinions are the same." A person with NO experience selecting or directing actors--or being an actor--is just not going to have the awareness or the language, ...

PV, Asa Butterfield is--in my semi-professional opinion--incapable of an "on-screen chemistry" with ANYone. I forgave him in "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," since he was only 10 years old. I never really cared about his character, which for that movie in particular is critical....

Y U so angry, bro?

By s****, do you mean "The Hobbit"? Also known as "To the Till and Back Again. And Again. And Again"?

(BTW, when I received the notification of your response, via e-mail, the naughty word you used was uncensored! I find this...amusing)

The more I watch this movie, the less and less I like it. I try to like it, but I can't. Maybe if I watch it drunk. But the shots are so damn STATIC. A bunch of talking heads in FAR too many scenes. Ender in center screen. Petra in center screen. Graff in center screen. I feel like I'm watching a dr...

Guys, the above appeal seems to me to be a round-about sales pitch for "African Style Clothing," presented in such a way as to circumvent Bayesian filters.

Any dissenters? Shall I can the poster?

I'll give it a few days, then...gone (if no one minds)

I meant this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Taoism (modernly Daoism) is a philosophical, ethical, and religious tradition of Chinese origin that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao (also romanized as Dao). The term Tao means "...

Here you go, friend!

(BTW, is that "tauist" with a "d"?)

Son of Son of Sam, I think that would be a valuable contribution to discussions! I (for one) would like to read what you have to write. Perhaps on the same topic (perhaps not), since having read the book over 10 years go, I've wondered if anyone has ever tried to use the "Ender Wiggin Defense&q...

Ah...Josh. Welcome to the grown-up world! I can fondly remember MY first anal probe....I blame the 6 handfuls of wasabi peas I ate just before taking the scratch-n-sniff test for skewing the test results from "eh..." to "PROBE ME NOW!" :gasp: I have to say, though...the gastroent...

Yes, we do!

But we can be a little slow in responding...

There were some half-serious cries of "Please just use English!"

Hear! Hear!

GD, Wait--I'm confused. That whole second paragraph, the one that follows your concern over "why academics feel the need to be so unnecessarily difficult in the language they use;" is that YOUR paragraph? Or are you making fun of such words as "decode," "decodify," &quo...

Demos,

It looks like the post I was responding to was baleeted when the user was kicked off the site.

Beyond that, I can't help you.....

Luet,

No, it's not.

They made an unlicensed movie of "Lost Boys," and called it "Lost Souls," back in 1998.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162104/combined" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I thought I warned you NOT to buy Skynet™ brand refrigerators?!?

Curse-ten,

Sorry, but when you wrote, "P.S. I'm taking my Anxiety and Phobia Workbook that you took and hid without my permission" I immediately thought:

P.S. I'm taking back my Paranoia Workbook that I KNOW you took and hid, somewhere, without my permission....

Saw it Monday, in 3D, with a bunch of Whovians--in one of at least two fully packed theaters!

Wonderful! Corny as hell--as expected. As I mentioned to a friend, "They solve about 80% of the problems they set up, and figure that's close enough for an episode...let's move on!"

Fortunately had the theater completely to just myself and a friend

NEVER a good sign!

Here's MY take on sequels and not sequels: Ender's Shadow: Not going to happen. What's the market? The kids will outgrow their ages by the time any production might begin. NOT going to be a sequel. SFTD: Too cerebral. Nothing to do with Ender as we've seen him; nothing to do with any other of the Ba...

Interesting article on sequels. Also: A mention of concurrent shooting of EG and ES. I never realized that they were even thinking about doing that (and--calm down--they didn't) http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/11/05/is-an-enders-game-sequel-already-in-the-works/?source=edddlftxt0860001" onclic...

Now that I've cut back substantially on my political and theological discussion, I made this animated GIF to remind me why: http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/11-09-2013/SdiU7R.gif Here: http://www.makeagif.com/SdiU7R" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The piece is: Flogging a Dead ...

And, just because only a few of you have contributed, here's that link, again: http://www.razoo.com/team/Endersgamefans4equality" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; llappall, if you support equal rights, you might want to put your money where your mouth is, and contribute. Unles...

Personally, I really think that he's milked this whole thing for all that it's worth. He's serializing the story, and he's allowing for others (Johnston, his daughter Emily) to mop up for him. He (Card) does this: he starts out great (and I seriously mean that), but then lets things carry on for far...

Kenn,

That's a pretty close "hit"!! How EVER did you find it?!?

Darian, HOWEVER that sequence might have played out, it was a dropped opportunity by Gavin Hood. At a minimum, another minute or two of conversation between Val and Graff would have "allowed for" a continuing conversation in the car that we (the audience) DON'T get to see, when we cut from...

I looked for it on-line. No write-ups yet. So, here's mine: It works with touch-screens. and floats 5 circles, each one with 5 or more possible "branches". You flick the circle in the direction of the letter you want typed, and it registers the letter. The circle then lazily returns to its...

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about....

But, except for WANTING them to have gamer attitude, did you really get the sense that they had gamer attitude during all those (not) "mock" battles?

I'm going to have to look for a used PS3 or something on Craigslist!

My friends and I never reacted that way (at least I don't THINK we did) when playing Dungeons and Dragons in college....but that was over 100 years ago.

Ender also said, "Orientated," right before he turns to Bean and says, "Um...uh...so...um...well, maybe the Enemy's Gate is Down!" without much reference to anything important.

I fell so comforted when the only person left with an open mind (where has he or she been when we've needed them all these years?!?) lets us know just how close-minded we all are. I'm wondering if there is any irony in that; if there is, I think I may have missed it.

Thomas, et al...I feel so...SHELTERED!!!

Then you're looking for a false climax. Fake emotions from the characters for a momentary rush, but a false note in the story. Imagine if Ender and the jeesh were all callous about the destruction of the ships. Imagine if they were really acting like they were playing a game. The fall at the revelat...

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